Lectio Praecursoria: Speculation on Artistic Research and Performance in The Context of Immanent Capitalism

Abstract

The written part of my doctoral research “Schizoproduction: artistic research and performance in the context of immanent capitalism” has a structure resembling an architectonic scheme of a building. The cross section serves as an introduction, whereas the two floors of the building present the artistic works of the research and the theoretical context. Then, there is the foyer and the exit—places for reflection, speculations and critique, departure and arrival. The metaphor of a building has two functions, where firstly a drawing of a building is a theoretical scheme; and secondly, a building has a finite nature, like text. Due to this finite nature, there are thus infinite amounts of virtual attributes which cannot be articulated. That is why it is so much easier to criticize or to define through negation, rather than to articulate something affirmative. A research project ought to have a critical position, but rather than critique it is an articulation.